From: | Daniel Waisley <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU> |
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Subject: | Railgun |
Date: | Thu, 30 Sep 1993 13:16:20 -0700 |
has NO friction. Its like the gauss cannon in battle tech. If fact I have seen
people make primative railguns. They took a LARGE magent, wrapped it in copper
wire, stuck a piece of metal on one end and then plugged the sucker in. Well
lets just say you don't want to get in its way.
Ok my idea of a rail gun - take one ferous metal rod - ammo.
now you have a tube. at one end is a magnet wrapped in wire. at the other
is an opening. all the way along the shaft are circular magnets wrapped in wire
also. You charge Mag 1 metal moves forword. then you successively charge the
other magnets (like a people mover but quicker) and it moves forward more.
there is no rubbing and no explosion. All you need is LOTS of power.
But hey - this is shadowrun - they have fussion (not fission) plants.
theres lots of power about.